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Alys Margaret Thomas (born 10 October 1990) is a British professional swimmer. She gained a gold medal and the 200m Butterfly Commonwealth games record in 2018.
Life
She was born in 1990 and she went to Lady Eleanor Holles School in Hampton, London.[1]
She competed in the women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.[2][3] She won the women's 200 metres butterfly title at the Commonwealth Games in 2018, setting a new games record.[4][5] She also won two bronze medals at the 2018 European Championships.[6]
In April 2021, Thomas was named as a member of the British team to go to the postponed 2020 Olympics.[7]
References
- ^ "Physical Education and Sport in Independent Schools". peandsport.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Heats results". FINA. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ "Alys Thomas wins swimming gold for Wales". ITV News. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Welsh gold for Thomas in 200m butterfly". BBC Sport. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ Ashenden, Mark (9 August 2018). "Freya Anderson wins relay bronze to end European Swimming Championships". Sky Sports.
- ^ "'Exceptionally high-quality' team named for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". Swim England Competitive Swimming Hub. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
External links
- Alys Thomas at British Swimming (archived)
- Alys Thomas at World Aquatics
- Alys Thomas at SwimRankings.net
- Alys Thomas at Olympedia
- Alys Thomas at Team GB
- Alys Thomas at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Alys Thomas at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Alys Margaret Thomas at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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